- The highly anticipated new thriller from bestseller Michael Crichton. Following on from the bestselling "Next", Michael Crichton"s new novel will repeat the winning formula established with novels such as "Jurassic Park": to identify future trends in science and imagine the most astonishing - and terrifying - possibilities that they hold for Mankind. Always interesting, often controversial, "Next and "State of Fear" put him straight back in the headlines - and bestseller charts - and reaffirmed his position as the thriller master. Nothing less is expected of the next book from the man who managed to make subjects such as DNA, nanotechnology and global warming both enormously popular and hugely exciting.